LATVIA VS BENIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BENIN		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,251	9	501	+ 750
Malaria	2	862	79	0	+ 862
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	837	54	14	+ 824
Stroke	4	718	2	5,893	- 5,175
Coronary Heart Disease	5	661	1	8,099	- 7,438
Low Birth Weight	6	601	56	11	+ 590
Birth Trauma	7	484	55	12	+ 472
Road Traffic Accidents	8	388	27	154	+ 234
Liver Disease	9	300	15	365	- 65
Congenital Anomalies	10	278	43	46	+ 231
HIV/AIDS	11	277	39	74	+ 203
Meningitis	12	241	52	15	+ 226
Kidney Disease	13	236	17	356	- 120
Diabetes Mellitus	14	234	8	529	- 295
Other Injuries	15	188	16	362	- 175
Endocrine Disorders	16	178	41	59	+ 119
Lung Disease	17	149	18	346	- 197
Pertussis	18	143	70	0	+ 143
Hypertension	19	133	3	1,194	- 1,060
Maternal Conditions	20	127	60	5	+ 123
Malnutrition	21	114	64	2	+ 112
Suicide	22	113	14	384	- 271
Tuberculosis	23	113	40	71	+ 41
Asthma	24	109	46	42	+ 67
Prostate Cancer	25	106	12	464	- 358
Measles	26	97	72	0	+ 97
Breast Cancer	27	96	10	472	- 376
Violence	28	89	37	94	- 5
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	88	7	664	- 576
Cervical Cancer	30	82	33	128	- 46
Drownings	31	70	34	127	- 57
Falls	32	67	23	201	- 135
Inflammatory/Heart	33	56	5	921	- 865
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	54	31	142	- 88
Fires	35	53	36	103	- 50
Lymphomas	36	47	19	245	- 198
Epilepsy	37	45	45	44	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	38	44	11	470	- 425
Oesophagus Cancer	39	40	32	131	- 91
Liver Cancer	40	39	26	157	- 117
Colon-Rectum Cancers	41	38	6	722	- 684
Poisonings	42	38	49	23	+ 14
Parkinson's Disease	43	26	35	125	- 100
Drug Use	44	24	48	41	- 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	24	47	41	- 17
Leukemia	46	24	25	186	- 162
Schistosomiasis	47	22	78	0	+ 22
Pancreas Cancer	48	22	13	436	- 414
Oral Cancer	49	19	22	214	- 195
Tetanus	50	19	71	0	+ 19
Syphilis	51	18	65	1	+ 17
Skin Disease	52	18	38	76	- 59
Hepatitis B	53	17	63	3	+ 14
Skin Cancers	54	12	30	144	- 132
Uterin Cancer	55	12	29	148	- 136
Ovary Cancer	56	11	24	196	- 186
Encephalitis	57	10	69	0	+ 10
Alcohol	58	10	21	227	- 217
Lung Cancers	59	8	4	956	- 948
Appendicitis	60	6	59	5	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	61	5	20	228	- 223
Ascariasis	62	5	84	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	63	2	28	153	- 150
Upper Respiratory	64	2	62	4	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	2	42	53	- 51
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	50	20	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	51	20	- 18
Diphtheria	68	1	67	1	+ 1
War	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	57	7	- 7
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	53	14	- 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Benin

Latvia

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.